Cay Yi Lin

Artist Biography - Cay Yi Lin

Cay Yi Lin, born in 1971 in Harbin, is an up and coming artist who has just had his first exhibit in the most important Gallery in China, 798 in Beijing this last August , 2006.

He dedicated the past 20 years covering what is maybe one of the most controversial and secretive moments in Chinese History, The Cultural Revolution and the slavery of the labour force in China.... Although, its brief existence between 1966 and 1976, it has undoubtedly marked the future of China in ways that are still being unveiled. This is his latest focus on the shameful work conditions 0f the Apple factories in China – with over a million workers living in labour camps with children as young as 12 years olds – now reported.